pickup

name	pickup
description	Start-of-session context pickup. Reads the latest handoff file and resumes work where the last session left off. Run this at the start of a new session if a handoff file exists.

Clade for Codex

This workflow runs directly in Codex. Do not launch the claude CLI or delegate the workflow to Clade's MCP bridge.

Codex compatibility rules:

• Plugin skills are namespaced. Invoke this workflow explicitly as $clade:pickup; a bare $name does not select the installed Clade plugin.
• Read the nearest AGENTS.md files for repository instructions. If a project has only CLAUDE.md, treat it as legacy project guidance and read it too.
• Store new Clade working state under .clade/ (or ~/.clade/ for personal state). Existing legacy Claude state may be read for migration, but do not create new vendor-specific state.
• A /skill-name reference means the corresponding Codex $clade:skill-name plugin skill, or the same workflow invoked naturally when explicit skill invocation is not available.
• Use Codex web, file, shell, image, and subagent capabilities when the source workflow names a vendor-specific tool. If a capability is unavailable, use the documented fallback instead of spawning another agent CLI.
• Paths such as <plugin-root>/... are relative to the installed Clade plugin containing this SKILL.md; resolve that root before invoking a helper.

Canonical Clade workflow

name: pickup trigger: user runs /pickup at start of new session, or after /handoff completion-status: DONE | DONE_WITH_CONCERNS | BLOCKED | NEEDS_CONTEXT

Resume work from the most recent handoff file.

Execution Steps

Step 1: Find Handoff File

ls -t .clade/handoff-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -5

If no files found: say "No handoff file found. Starting fresh." and stop.

Step 2: Read + Parse

Read the most recent handoff file completely.

Parse these sections:

• Goal: the one-sentence objective
• Blocked: check if "none" or has real blockers
• Next Steps: the ordered action list
• Meta: branch, uncommitted status, build status

Step 3: Verify Git State

git branch --show-current
git status -sb

If current branch doesn't match handoff Meta.Branch: warn the user but continue.

Step 4: Display Briefing (max 20 lines)

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Resuming: {handoff date} ({X hours/days ago})
Goal: {Goal section content}

Done: {count of Done ✅ items}
In Progress: {In Progress items if any}
Blocked: {Blocked content OR "none"}

Branch: {branch}  Build: {passing|failing|unknown}
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Picking up at:
→ {Next Steps #1}
→ {Next Steps #2}
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Step 5: Resume or Pause

If Blocked is "none": Immediately start executing Next Steps #1. Do NOT ask "shall I proceed?" — just start.

If Blocked has items: List each blocker clearly. Ask user to resolve before continuing autonomously.

If handoff is >48 hours old: Flag the age prominently. Ask user to confirm goal is still current before proceeding.

Completion Status

• ✅ DONE: Handoff loaded and resumed (or blockers presented)
• ⚠ DONE_WITH_CONCERNS: Loaded but git state doesn't match, or handoff >48h old
• ❌ BLOCKED: No handoff file found, or file unreadable
• ❓ NEEDS_CONTEXT: Ask via AskUserQuestion

3-Strike Rule

If you fail to complete a step 3 times: write failure details to .clade/blockers.md and stop.

Delivery completion

If this workflow changes files or external state:

• Inspect the real final state before responding, including git status for a repository task.
• Never report DONE while task-owned changes are uncommitted. Use or continue $clade:delivery and create a repository-compliant checkpoint or preserve the work when committing is unavailable.
• When the user request or trusted repository policy makes publication, deployment, or live verification part of the task, do not silently downgrade the result to local-only work.
• If a required delivery transition lacks authority, credentials, a destination, or reachable external state, report BLOCKED or NEEDS_CONTEXT rather than appending a "not committed/pushed/deployed" caveat after DONE.